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Boyue has released an updated version of the Likebook Mars ereader they shipped last year.  The new model has twice the storage but otherwise very similar specs.

It’s called the Likebook Muses, and you can buy it from Amazon.com for  $329, or from eReader.store for 252 euros.

This device runs Android 6.0.1 on a 1.5GHz octa-core CPU with 2GB RAM and 32GB storage. It also has a microSD card slot, Wifi, and Bluetooth, and it is also cursed with a USB-C port.

Weighing in at 286 grams, the Likebook Muses measures 19.3cm by 13.6cm by 8.5mm.

Like the Likebook Mars, the Muses has a 300 PPI 7.8″ Carta E-ink screen with a color-changing frontlight. The Likebook Muses also has dual touchscreens; you can use your finger on the capacitive touchscreen, or write on the electromagnetic touchscreen with the stylus.

According to the Amazon listing, the Likebook Muses will take those notes and covert them to text for you.

Thanks, Mike!

 When I wrote earlier today that I was disappointed by the specs of the Mobiscribe, I did not have this ereader in mind.

The Onyx Boox Poke is a smaller device, but aside from the OS and the touchscreen, in many ways it has much better specs than the Mobiscribe.

This is a full-fledged Android ereader running Android 4.4 on a multi-core 1.2GHz CPU with 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage. Its 6″ Carta E-ink screen comes with a capacitive touchsrceen and color-changing frontlight, and it also has a microSD card slot and wifi,.

Weighing in at 170 grams, the Boox Poke measures 8mm thick and packs in a 2.5Ah battery.

All in all this is a great device for $149, or at least it would be if the Boox Poke had a newer version of Android. As I pointed out in the Mobiscribe post, Android 4.4 is so old that it won’t be able to support most apps. That rather limits what you can do with the Poke, and that makes me wonder why Onyx is running Android 4.4 on the Poke. Onyx has other ereaders that run Android 6.0, so it’s rather strange that they’re still using the older Android 4.4 firmware on the Poke.

I suppose they reserved the newer OS for the Poke Pro to give you another reason to upgrade, which makes sense. The Pro model has twice the RAM and a better CPU, and that is the one I would recommend getting once it is available.

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The European ereader retailer Icarus has quietly put a new model up for pre-order.

The Illumina XL HD features a 7.8″ Carta E-ink screen, runs Android 4.2, and is listed for 185 euros (plus VAT).

This ereader uses the same screen as on the Kobo Aura One, only without the color frontlight and with a faster CPU. If I were still buying ereaders left and right, this one would go to the top of the list.

The Illumina XL HD runs Android 4.2 on an unnamed 1.8GHz CPU with 1GB RAM. It comes with 16GB internal storage, and I hope that will be enough given that there is no card slot.

On the upside, this ereader does have audio as well as a bigger battery than on the Aura One (2.8Ah vs 1.5Ah). It also ships with Google Play.

It’s hard to tell from the images, but it looks like there is just one button on the front, below the screen. That is a 7.8″ Carta E-ink screen with frontlight, capacitive touchscreen, and a screen resolution of 1872 x 1404.

All in all this is a great ereader. It’s not waterproof like the Aura One, but it is significantly cheaper (229 euros vs 185 euros) and more versatile.

It’s coming out in August, and I am seriously considering buying one.

How about you?

Icarus

Onyx has a number of cutting-edge gadgets like the Onyx Typewriter, Onyx Boox Monitor, and the Boox e-Note in the pipeline, but that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped releasing regular ereaders.

The Chinese ereader maker has just launched the Prometheus 2, a 9.7″ ereader, in Russia.

The Boox Prometheus 2 runs Android 4.0 on a  1 GHz Freescale i.MX6 CPU with 1GB RAM, Wifi, and Bluetooth (but no audio).

Its 9.7″ Carta E-ink screen integrates a capacitive touchscreen and frontlight, and has a screen resolution of 1200 x 825. In terms of storage, it has 16GB internal memory and a microSD card slot.

It measures 9.5mm thin, weighs 450 grams, and packs in a 3Ah battery.

Retail price is 23,990 rubles, or about $422 USD.

All in all that is an unimpressive ereader with a steep price tag. The OS is old, the screen resolution is low, and aside from the Carta E-ink screen there’s little to distinguish it from previous Onyx ereaders.

You’re better off waiting for the Boox e-Note, which is due out in September.  The e-Note has the new 10.3″ E-ink screen with a screen resolution of 1404 x 1872, or 227 ppi.  That is considerably sharper than the screen on the Prometheus 2, which is 150 ppi.

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Yesterday I reported on a new budget Onyx 6″ Android ereader called the Boox C67s which is being carried by Chinese retailer Banggood for $73. There’s also a listing for a second new Android ereader over at Banggood called the Onyx Boox T76 Plus.

The T76 Plus looks to be an updated version of the 6.8″ ereader which Onyx launched in 2014. That device carried various model names including T68 Lynx, T76, and the T68 Plus.

I reviewed the T68 Lynx in June 2014, and the T76 Plus looks to be essentially the same device only with a Carta E-ink screen and twice the RAM and storage.

The T76 Plus runs Android 4.0 on a 1GHz CPU with 1GB RAM.  It has 8GB internal storage, and a microSD card slot, and weighs in at a reasonable 250 grams.

It has a Carta E-ink screen with frontlight and a capacitive touchscreen, and like its predecessor the screen resolution is 1440 x 1080 (265ppi). The T76 Plus also has Wifi, Bluetooth, a headphone jack, and a 1.7Ah battery.

The list price on Banggood is $209, and includes a case and free shipping to the US.

So should you get this ereader?

IMO, no. This wasn’t a bad ereader in 2014, but it wasn’t a very good one, either. As I look back at my review, I am reminded that the Lynx was slow, and that I came to hate the page turn buttons (which were difficult to press).

That was then, and now the new model is running an old version of Android on the same CPU as before, with a price tag of $209.

We now have better options in the plus-sized ereader category, including the Aura H2O and the upcoming Aura One. I’d get one of them instead.

Specs

• CPU: 1GHz single-core
• RAM:  1GB
• OS: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• Screen: 6.8″ Carta E-ink screen, 1440 x 1080 resolution (265 ppi)
• Touchscreen, Frontlight
• Storage: 8GB internal, microSD card slot
• Connectivity: Wifi, Bluetooth
• Audio: headphone jack, no speaker
• Battery: 1.7Ah
• Weight: 250 grams
• Dimensions – 194.2 x 132 x 8.8mm

Banggood

Chinese retailer Banggood is now carrying a new budget ereader by Onyx.

The Onyx Boox C67s is a competitor to the basic Kindle which costs $73 and runs Android. You can’t get much cheaper than this, and that low price tag comes with strings attached.

The C67s runs Android 4.2 on a dual-core 1.2GHz CPU with 512MB RAM and 8GB internal storage It has a 1.6Ah battery, a microSD card slot, and a headphone jack, but no Wifi, touchscreen, or frontlight.

I have to wonder what it’s good for without a touchscreen or Wifi, but on the plus side it does have a 6″ display with screen resolution of 1024 x 758.

So if you’re looking for an ereader which can do literally nothing other than read ebooks (can this device even load apps?) then this would be a great option.

Onyx Boox C67s Specs

• CPU: 1.2GHz dual-core
• RAM: 512MB
• OS: Android 4.2
• Storage: 8GB internal, microSD card slot
• Screen: 6” E-ink Carta display, 1024 x 758 resolution
• Touchscreen: No
• Frontlight: No
• Connectivity: LOL, No
• Audio: 3.5 mm headphone jack
• Battery: 1.6Ah
• Dimensions: 170 x 117 x 8.7 mm
• Weight: 200 grams

Banggood

When it initially shipped earlier this year, the Onyx Boox Max was only available through a single retailer in Europe, and now the 13.3″ document display device more widely available.

The Boox Max is now being carried on Amazon by a third-party seller for $799, and it can also be found at Chinese gadget retailer Banggood for $745.

The Max runs Android 4.0 on a 1GHz CPU with 1GB RAM, and 16GB internal storage. Its 13.3″ E-ink screen has a resolution of 1600 x 1200 and works with a stylus (but not your fingertip).

As I pointed out in my review, the Max is less of an ereader than it is a device for displaying documents like PDFs. At 570 grams, it’s rather hefty compared to its competitor the Sony DPT-S1, but not enough that you would notice or care.

In related news, Sony has marked down the DPT-S1 to $599. This device has a similar screen with two types of touchscreens, but it only supports PDFs.

Banggood, Amazon

Around this time last year Onyx updated their C67ML Android ereader with double the storage and a Carta E-ink screen, and that worked out so well for them that they are doing it again.

The Chinese gadget retailer Banggood is now carrying a new C67ML model on its site. The new model looks essentially identical to the previous model, only now it has a 300ppi E-ink screen and costs about $20 more.

They’re calling it the C67ML Carta2, and it runs Android 4.2 on a dual-core 1GHz CPU with 512MB RAM and 8GB internal storage. And like its predecessor it also has Wifi, a microSD card slot, and a headphone jack.

And of course it has both a frontlight and a touchscreen, as well as the Carta E-ink display with a resolution of 1072 x 1448.  The  C67ML Carta2 is available today for $157, and the price includes both free shipping and a case.

Onyx has more or less updated the ereader by swapping out the screen. All other details remain the same, and that’s a shame because the page turn buttons could use some work.

As much as I love page turn buttons, this design just isn’t very usable. I’ve had similar buttons on previous Onyx ereaders, and I found that they were difficult to press consistently. I do wish Onyx would junk the design, rather than using it year after year, but that’s just me.

Banggood

The Onyx Boox Max is a document reader which runs Android and sports a  13.3″ E-ink screen. The first orders are just beginning to ship from ereader-store.de, and today a second retailer started taking pre-orders on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and Amazon.co.uk.

A new China-based retailer is asking $650 for the Max, and they are promising to ship it by 20 May 2016.

That is a steep price for a device which is too large to be used as an ereader, but if you need a document viewer then this could be ideal. It’s cheaper than Sony’s writing slate, the DPT-S1, and more versatile.

Sony’s device runs a closed version of Android and only supports PDFs. But even with that limitation, it still makes a decent blueprint reader.

The Max, on the other hand, runs Android 4.0 on a dual-core CPU with Wifi and a microSD card slot, and it ships with Google Play. The 13″ screen has a resolution of 1600 x 1200, and it has a matching pressure-sensitive stylus (but no capacitive touchscreen or frontlight).

That’s rather limited hardware compared to the tablet you can get for the same price, but if it fills a need then it can be worth it.

Assuming that you can put your hands on one, that is.

The new seller is taking pre-orders, and the German seller (ereader-store.de) is now telling customers that they won’t be able to ship new orders for 4 weeks, so they are effectively taking pre-orders as well.

So we really don’t know when either will be able to ship, but if you do place a pre-order with the new seller you will also get several bonuses: a 32GB microSD card plus reader, and a case.

Is that enough to tempt you into ordering one?

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• Amazon.ca
• Amazon.co.uk

Onyx mainly comes to the attention of the west when they unveil high-end ereaders like the Kepler Pro or the Max, but in Russia they are also experimenting with budget models for the low end of the market.

Take, for example, the Bering 3. This ereader runs Android 4.2 on a fast CPU, but lacks a touchscreen.

The Bering 3 is an updated version of the Bering ereader. It has a 6″ Pearl E-ink display with a frontlight, page turn buttons, d-pad, but no touchscreen. It runs Android 4.2 on a dual-core 1GHz CPU with 512MB RAM and 8GB of storage.

Inside the shell you’ll also find a microSD card slot, Wifi, a 3Ah battery, but no audio or Bluetooth. Weighing in at 182 grams, the bering 3 measures 8.7mm thin.

It is available today in Russia with a retail price of 6490 rubles, or $99 USD.

All in all, this isn’t much of an ereader, not at that price. Sure, the Russian market does trend towards higher prices than the US market, but between the Pearl screen and lack of specs,the Bering 3 still doesn’t do enough to justify its price tag.

Furthermore, what is the point of putting Android in an ereader if you leave out a touchscreen?

onyx-boox.ru via 4pda.ru